Gun-wielding man storms Border Force headquarters

A man has been arrested after walking into the Melbourne headquarters of Australia’s Border Force allegedly armed with guns and ammunition.

In a frightening scenario, and a major security breach, a 46-year-old man allegedly entered the building at the bottom of Latrobe Street in Docklands about 1pm and is believed to have begun damaging part of the building on the ground floor.

The man allegedly had weapons on him. Source: 7 News

Police were called and when they arrested the man, they allegedly found he was carrying two sawn-off firearms in a duffle bag – a bolt action rifle and a pump action shotgun.

Police claim the bag also contained several shotgun cartridges, drug paraphernalia and an Australian passport.